[MSFT] [RC6] font-005 , [MSFT] [RC6] font-019 and [MSFT] [RC6] font-021: all 3 testcases assume that synthetic small-caps “x” must be taller/larger than normal lowercase “x” when the spec makes no statement of this sort. Also, using x/X is not best; better is e/E because glyphs have different shapes. More info

[MSFT] [RC6] first-letter-selector-015 Konqueror 4.6.4 fails this test only because a missing image icon is shown and the text “Missing” is shown (due to default image placeholder dimensions insufficient, too narrow, for the alt text) but not “Missing image”. Just because of that, I think the testcase should be reviewed.

[Hixie] [RC6] inline-block-002 since “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap in one or two columns.” can never be accomplished. It should be saying instead/rather something like “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap internally into 2 lines of text.”

[Hixie] [RC6] inline-block-004 since “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap in one or two columns.” can never be accomplished. It should be saying instead/rather something like “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap internally into 2 lines of text.”

[Hixie] [RC6] inline-block-005 since “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap in one or two columns.” can never be accomplished. It should be saying instead/rather something like “Try resizing the window so that inline-blocks wrap internally into 2 lines of text.”

[Hixie] [RC6] first-line-pseudo-017 says “This line should be green.” but it is its background color. Proposed correction: “This line should have a green background.”

[Hixie] [RC6] first-line-pseudo-018 says “This line should be green.” but it is its text. Proposed correction: “This text should be green.”

[Hixie] [RC6] hover-selector-002 says “When you hover over this text (…)” : the this word normally is self-pointing, self-referencing… but not in this test. Such formulation is confusing.

9 RC6 testcases with too technical pass conditions

[Hixie] [RC6] background-alpha-001 My neighbour would ask “What's a 'multi-bit alpha channel'?” Pass conditions are not so clear and text is too technical.

[Hixie] [RC6] background-alpha-002 My neighbour would ask “What's a 'multi-bit alpha channel'?” Pass conditions are not so clear and text is too technical.

[Hixie] [RC6] background-alpha-003 My neighbour would ask “What's a square div? How tall/big is/should be the 'size of two tiles'?” Pass conditions are not clear or easy for normal people and text is too technical.

[MSFT] [RC6] cursor-applies-to-005 My neighbour would ask “What's a default cursor? How does it look like?” I propose to add to the expected results: “The default cursor often looks like an arrow.”

[MSFT] [RC6] cursor-applies-to-006 My neighbour would ask “What's a default cursor? How does it look like?” I propose to add to the expected results: “The default cursor often looks like an arrow.”

[Hixie] [RC6] first-line-pseudo-011 The pass conditions text should be only: “The next three boxes should look identical.” The sentence “(If the second and third look different, then margin collapsing through empty elements is broken. Go to these tests for more details.)” should be removed.

[Hixie] c527-font-000 : “There should be a small gap between each line.” Reason: how small is “a small gap”? How can a normal tester (your mother, your bus driver, your neighbour) realistically establish that this gap here is small while that gap over there is not small? How exactly can this test fail?

[Hixie] c527-font-002 : “9px gap between lines” Reason: how can a normal tester (your mother, your bus driver, your neighbour) realistically establish that this gap here is 9px while that gap over there is not 9px? The testcase does not provide a ruler, some kind of green overlapping red mechanism, etc. Where is the start line and the end line?

[Hixie] c527-font-003 : “small and cursive, with double line spacing” Reason: it is not clear how such test can be evaluated as pass or fail, even by a machine.

[Hixie] c527-font-10 : Reasons: All these testcases rely on the tester being able to measure a distance of a few pixels between lines, or the font-size, without a comparing ruler, without a reliable working measurement system or some kind of overlapping color mechanism.

2 RC4 testcases which could render a missing image icon as acceptable handling of url(missing-image.png)

“The value is a URI that designates an external resource (such as an
image). If the user agent cannot display the resource it must either
leave it out as if it were not specified or display some indication that
the resource cannot be displayed.”